"Sterling career"
I see what you did, Jim. Well played.
I think one of the biggest reasons we tend to look at big pubs as the problem is that they have so many damn games. It's easier to see a pattern. A lot of the problematic indie devs will have a game or two, far from enough to establish a larger pattern. EA has done so much stupid stuff that every time they take any action, we look at them with scrutiny, but Random Dev Limited? Well, they're only just now releasing "Indie Game 1.1" so we don't have a history to work with.
Also, because everyone's watching EA or Ubisoft or Activision or Konami, that probably further tempers their actions. Which makes you wonder how stupid EA is when they think nobody's looking. But I'm being a touch unfair to EA.
gigastar said:
IMO, the most remarkable thing about the false copyright takedowns (after the first one) is that after clear proof that it does not work, and that the repercussions of such an act may well be the demise thier game and studio, is that they went and tried it anyway.
They may have thought it'd work this time. Why?
KDR_11k said:
Bad idea: Antagonizing the review editor of a major publication.
These were guys too lazy to bother hiding their plagiarism. I doubt they even bothered to find out who "Jim Sterling" was.
Carnagath said:
To be fair, Best of Steam Greenlight is not criticism. It's comedy. It's pisstaking.
Thos are in no way mutually exclusive and, from a quick look at Jim's videos, it looks like he qualifies at least most of the time as criticism or commentary.
Goliath100 said:
Am I the only one finding it ironic that Sterling is making an argument about censorship on a website that remove your comment for simply asking "Why"?
Actually, they rarely remove comments like that. Worst case, you get a warning and your post is noted as such. But are you seriously comparing removal of criticism to a warning for a glorified +1?